I. |kanə|nād noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French canonnade cannon shot, modification of Italian cannonata, from cannone cannon + -ata -ade
1. : a firing of artillery in considerable quantity for an appreciable length of time
2.
a. : a loud noise like a cannonade of artillery
b. : a noisy bombardment (as of questions)
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
: to attack with artillery : batter with artillery fire
intransitive verb
1. : to deliver artillery fire
2. : to make a noise like that of artillery fire
3. : cannon II 2b